Breast cancer in men is rare, accounting for approximately 1% of breast cancer rates in the U.S. Nearly 400 men die of breast cancer each year. African American men are more likely to die from breast cancer than white men. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/2/14

High cholesterol can be genetic. In fact, an inherited genetic condition called familial hypercholesterolemia causes very high LDL cholesterol levels, even at a young age. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/3/14

Hammerhead sharks can live in schools of more than 500 sharks. The strongest female swims in the middle. When she is ready to mate, she shakes her head from side to side to signal the other female sharks to move away so she is the center of attention. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/4/14

Hershey's Kisses were first produced in 1907 and were shaped like a square. A new machine in 1921 gave them their current shape. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/5/14

A cat's hearing is better than a dog's. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/6/14

California is the fourth-largest wine producer in the world, after France, Italy, and Spain. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/7/14

Club soda is effective in getting up fresh stains in carpet. Just pour some on the spot, let it set for a few seconds, and then sponge it up. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/8/14

Four million tons of hydrogen are consumed by the sun every second, which helps to create the sun's composition of 75% hydrogen, 23% helium, and 2% heavier elements. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/9/14

A century ago, more than 100,000 elephants lived in Thailand, with about 20,000 of them untamed. Now, there are about 5,000, with less than half of them wild. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/10/14

The border between Mexico and the United States is the second largest border in the world (only the U.S.-Canadian border is longer). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/11/14

Overweight individuals are more prone to develop diabetes because more fat requires more insulin, fat cells release free fatty acids which interfere with glucose metabolism, and overweight people have fewer available insulin receptors. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/12/14

Google uses approximately 20 petabytes of user-generated data every day. (Petabytes are estimated at 10 to the 15th power. So 1 petabyte is approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes.) It uses massive amounts of computation to index the Web, process search results, serve up ads, and more. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/13/14

The Indonesia 9.0 earthquake in 2004 released more energy than all the earthquakes on the planet in the last 25 years combined. A segment of seafloor the size of the state of California moved upward and seaward by more than 30 feet, displacing huge amounts of water. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/14/14

There were 1,148 U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2011, employing 35,538 people. California led the nation with 122 of these establishments, followed by Pennsylvania, with 109. - Provided by American Fact Finder.

2/15/14

Research has shown that dark chocolate reduces stress hormones such as cortisol and other fight-flight hormones. Additionally, cocoa is rich in antioxidants called flavonoids. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/16/14

Austin, Texas is home to the largest bat colony in North America. Over 1.5 million bats roost beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge over Lady Bird Lake and eat between 10,000- 30,000 lbs. of insects a night. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/17/14

The first official presidential election in the United States took place in 1789 with George Washington becoming the first president. However, only 10 of the 13 states participated in the election, as New York had chosen no electors, and North Carolina and Rhode Island had not yet ratified the Constitution. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/18/14

Dolphins also "see" with sounds. They emit a series of clicks and pings that travel long distances through water. When the sound hits an object, echoes are bounced back to the dolphin, enabling it to literally hear distance, shape, density, movement, and texture of an object. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/19/14

Bears can run up to 40 miles per hour, fast enough to catch a running horse. The fastest known human alive today is Usain Bolt, who can run 27 mph. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/20/14

While in the White House, President Rutherford Hayes banished alcohol from the premises and held gospel sing-alongs every night. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/21/14

The Battle of the Bulge is the largest and deadliest battle for U.S. troops to date, with more than 80,000 American deaths. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/22/14

DNA, the basic building block of life, is a long molecule containing four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/23/14

The first feature film created solely with Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) was Toy Story (1995). Over 800,000 hours of mathematical equations went into the film, which works out to more than a week of computer time for every second on the screen. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/24/14

The moon's gravity has slowed the speed of Earth's rotation. Long ago, it was much faster and days were much shorter. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

2/25/14

Although Earth's plates are made of solid rock, they buckle and twist like slabs of warm clay when they collide. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

The American Heart Association recommends a maximum intake of 300 mg. of cholesterol per day for those who have normal levels. Those who already have high cholesterol should eat no more than 200 mg. per day. - Provided by RandomHistory.com